Screenplay: Peter Baynham

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter Baynham. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Brass Eye (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chris Morris · Michael Cumming · Tristram Shapeero

Cast Chris Morris · Mark Heap · Kevin Eldon · Doon Mackichan

Synopsis TV Series (1997). 1 season. 7 episodes. Controversal spoof of current-affairs TV and the role of celebrity in the UK. The series was repeated in 2001 along with a new show. It tackled paedophilia and the moral panic in parts...

7.8

81 votes

7.8

81 votes

The Day Today (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chris Morris · Armando Iannucci · Andrew Gillman

Cast Chris Morris · Steve Coogan · Patrick Marber · Rebecca Front

Synopsis TV Series (1994). 1 season. 6 episodes. Each 'The Day Today's' episode is presented as a mock news programme, and the episodes rely on a combination of ludicrous fictitious news stories, covered with a serious, pseudo-professional attitude. Each episode revolves...

7.7

50 votes

7.7

50 votes

I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 29 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dominic Brigstocke · Armando Iannucci

Cast Steve Coogan · Phil Cornwell · Simon Greenall · Felicity Montagu

Synopsis I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan, of which two series of six episodes each were produced — the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. The series followed the titular Alan Partridge, a failed...

7.3

70 votes

7.3

70 votes

Arthur Christmas

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Smith · Barry Cook

Synopsis This Christmas movie highlights the technological advances of operations at the North Pole, revealing how Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, every operation has a...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Ron's Gone Wrong

2021 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Smith · Jean-Philippe Vine

Synopsis Set in a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, this is the story of an 11-year-old boy who finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work. Named Ron, it is a Bubble Bot damaged...

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

Direction Larry Charles

Cast Sacha Baron Cohen · Pamela Anderson · Ken Davitian · Alan Keyes

Synopsis Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO’s hit comedy “Da Ali G Show,” takes his outrageous Kazakstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously offensive movie, Borat travels from his primitive home in Kazakhstan to the U.S....

6.0

41K votes

6.0

41K votes

Hotel Transylvania

2012 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Genndy Tartakovsky

Synopsis In Hotel Transylvania (2012), Count Dracula operates a luxurious resort for monsters, hidden from humans. As his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday approaches, Dracula plans a grand celebration. However, trouble arises when a human backpacker named Jonathan stumbles upon the hotel....

6.0

18K votes

6.0

18K votes

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

2013 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Declan Lowney

Cast Steve Coogan · Colm Meaney · Felicity Montagu · Tim Key

Synopsis After being fired from North Norfolk Digital when it is taken over by a multinational conglomerate and renamed Shape, a disgruntled DJ returns to the station during an office party with a gun and holds the station hostage. The only...

5.9

303 votes

5.9

303 votes

Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm

2020 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jason Woliner

Cast Sacha Baron Cohen · Maria Bakalova · Dani Popescu · Manuel Vieru

Synopsis Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat.

5.8

11K votes

5.8

11K votes

Borat’s American Lockdown

2021 · Movie · 37 min. · United States

Direction Jason Woliner

Cast Sacha Baron Cohen · Maria Bakalova

Synopsis A “40-minute reality show,” centered on the portion of the sequel in which Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) finds himself in lockdown with a pair of conspiracy theorists.

5.4

149 votes

5.4

149 votes

Arthur

2011 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Jason Winer

Cast Russell Brand · Helen Mirren · Greta Gerwig · Jennifer Garner

Synopsis A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

4.5

2K votes

4.5

2K votes

Smack the Pony (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 24 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dominic Brigstocke · Victoria Pile · Tristram Shapeero · Steve Connelly

Cast Fiona Allen · Doon Mackichan · Sally Phillips · Sarah Alexander

Synopsis Three female comics perform sketches dealing with a wide variety of topics, from irritating flatmates to workplace issues to people who pretend to be ill to get free things or special treatment.

Not rated

Not rated

Cruise of the Gods

2002 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Declan Lowney

Cast Brian Conley · Rob Brydon · Steve Coogan · Niall Buggy

Synopsis The former stars of a TV sci-fi series are reunited for a cruise with members of their fan club.

Not rated

Not rated